February 16\, 2025 - Elan Mehler Trio
\ nElan Mehler
\nElan Mehler has released 11 albums as a leader\, w ith such musicians as Bill Frisell\, Dave Douglas\, Becca Stevens\, Scott Robinson\, Francisco Mela and many more and has garnered stellar reviews f rom such publications as The New York Times\, The Guardian\, Jazz Times\, and Downbeat. \; His latest record is a solo piano record released on Sunnyside Records that has garnered significant press. \; Elan has bro ught his projects to clubs and festivals worldwide including Birdland\, Qu een Elizabeth Hall\, and the North Sea Festival. \; In 2016 Elan co-fo unded the label Newvelle Records\, as artistic director of the label he ha s signed and produced over 50 records by artists such as Jack DeJohnette\, John Patitucci\, Dave Liebman\, Lionel Loueke\, Irma Thomas and Ellis Mar salis. \;
\nMax Ridley \;is one of the most in-demand bassis ts in the Boston area. He was awarded full-tuition scholarships to study a t Berklee College of Music for both undergraduate and graduate degrees\, e arning his graduate degree from the extremely exclusive Berklee Global Jaz z Institute under the direction of master pianist\, educator and humanitar ian Danilo Perez. An equally important part of his education was down the street from Berklee at Boston&rsquo\;s historic Wally&rsquo\;s Jazz Cafe. He began going to jam sessions there in high school and eventually became the house bass player every Friday and Saturday night.
\nRidley has played and recorded with renowned musicians of many different styles all o ver the world. \; An incredibly versatile multi-instrumentalist\, Max performs regularly in bands playing Jazz\, Rock\, Folk\, Soul\, Punk\, Kle zmer\, Polka and every other style you can think of. \; He also serves as the music director for tap dance company Subject:Matter \; and tea ches music as a guest lecturer at different colleges around New England (s uch as Longy School of Music\, University of New Hampshire and Berklee Col lege of Music).
\nDor \;Herskovits \;is an Israeli drummer\, composer and educator based in Boston.
\nDor \;had received his
Bachelor&rsquo\;s degree from Berklee College of music and his Master&rsq
uo\;s degree in Jazz performance from the New England Conservatory. \;
\; His playing has specifically been lauded by such publications as
Downbeat Magazine\, All About Jazz\, WBUR and many other \;
Dor&n
bsp\;performs and records regularly as a sideman as well as a bandleader a
ll around the US Europe\, Asia and the Middle East. Some of his current pr
ojects include the critically acclaimed &ndash\; Earprint\, Tetraptych and
Ridley&rsquo\;s basement orchestra. \;Dor \;has performed or reco
rded with \;some of the greatest jazz musicians of our time\, includin
g: \; Jason Palmer\, Daniel Rotem\, Bill Frisell\, George Garzone\, St
eve Cardenas and Jon Cowherd. \;
Elan Mehler Piano
\nMax Ridley Bass
\nDor Herskovits Drums
\nTune in virtually on Har tford Public Library&rsquo\;s Facebook page and Youtube channel or HPATV&r squo\;s Education Channel
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